1. The Globalization of News / Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Terhi Rantanen -- Pt. I. News Agencies as Agents of Globalization. 2. 'Global' News Agencies / Oliver Boyd-Barrett. 3. The Struggle for Control of Domestic News Markets (1) / Terhi Rantanen. 4. The Struggle for Control of Domestic News Markets (2) / Jurgen Wilke. 5. Global Financial News / Michael Palmer, Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Terhi Rantanen. 6. Global Battlefields / Chris Paterson -- Pt. II. News Agencies in the Furnace of Political Transition. 7. From Dictatorship to Democracy / Ingrid Schulze-Schneider. 8. From Communism to Capitalism / Terhi Rantanen. 9. From State Socialism to Deregulation / Ullamaija Kivikuru. 10. From Apartheid to Pluralism / Derek Forbes -- Pt. III. Defining News: Contestation and Construction. 11. What Makes News / Michael Palmer. 12. Alternative News Agencies / C. Anthony Giffard. 13. TV News Exchange / Stig Hjarvard.